Advertisement reconciliation system
First Claim
1. A method of determining the receipt of an advertisement, the steps comprising:
- receiving from a remote location digital data comprising programming, an advertisement and advertisement reconciliation data;
said advertisement reconciliation data comprising the scheduled air timeof said advertisement, along with timing information related to the actual air time of said advertisement;
using said timing information to determine the actual air time of said advertisement; and
passing at least some of said advertisement reconciliation data to a processor.
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Abstract
The apparatus and method of the present invention utilize the digital packetized transmission features of a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) system to provide an automated and efficient method of conducting advertisement reconciliation. The apparatus and method of the present invention inserts advertisement reconciliation data packets into the transmitted DBS data stream. Preferably, the inserted reconciliation data packets are transmitted synchronously with the advertisement data packets to which they are related. The reconciliation data may include data identifying the date on which the advertisement is aired, the time at which the advertisement is aired, the duration of the advertisement as aired, the contract number under which the advertisement was purchased, the particular order line number of the contract under which the advertisement was purchased, the "makegood" status (indicates whether the advertisement is a makegood an advertisement that was missed), the scheduled time and duration of the advertisement, and an identification code identifying a particular advertisement.
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27 Claims
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1. A method of determining the receipt of an advertisement, the steps comprising:
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receiving from a remote location digital data comprising programming, an advertisement and advertisement reconciliation data; said advertisement reconciliation data comprising the scheduled air time of said advertisement, along with timing information related to the actual air time of said advertisement; using said timing information to determine the actual air time of said advertisement; and passing at least some of said advertisement reconciliation data to a processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 25, 26, 27)
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6. A method of broadcasting advertisements, the steps comprising:
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generating digital data comprising an advertisement and advertisement reconciliation data; said advertisement reconciliation data comprising at least the makegood status of said advertisement; modulating said digital data on a carrier; and broadcasting said modulated digital data at said carrier frequency. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A device for confirming the transmission of advertisements, the device comprising:
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an antenna for receiving a modulated digital data stream comprising advertisement reconciliation data associated with at least one advertisement; said advertisement reconciliation data comprising at least the makegood status of said at least one advertisement; a tuner in communication with said antenna and receiving said modulated digital data stream; a demodulator in communication with said tuner and demodulating said modulated digital data stream and outputting a demodulated digital data stream; a transport in communication with said demodulator and receiving said demodulated digital data stream and routing said advertisement reconciliation data to a processor. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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